1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to funeral and memorial services; prohibiting the disruption of a 
1.3 	funeral, memorial service, or a funeral procession; providing criminal penalties;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [609.721] DISRUPTING A FUNERAL OR MEMORIAL SERVICE.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. The following terms have the meanings given them:
1.8 	(1) "facility" includes a cemetery in which a funeral or memorial service takes 
1.9 	place; and 
1.10 	(2) "funeral or memorial service" includes a wake or a burial, as defined in section 
1.11 	149A.02, but does not include a service that is not intended to honor or commemorate 
1.12 	one or more specific decedents.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Disorderly conduct prohibited. (a) No person may do any of the 
1.14 	following during a funeral or memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately 
1.15 	preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial service if a starting 
1.16 	time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes immediately following a funeral or 
1.17 	memorial service:
1.18 	(1) engage in conduct that is prohibited under section 609.72, within 1,000 feet of 
1.19 	any home of the deceased's immediate family members, or any entrance to a facility being 
1.20 	used for the service with the intent to disrupt the service; or
1.21 	(2) intentionally block access to a facility being used for the service.
1.22 	(b) No person, with the intent to disrupt a funeral procession, may impede vehicles 
1.23 	that they know are part of the procession.
2.1 	(c) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or memorial service, 
2.2 	during the 60 minutes immediately preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral 
2.3 	or memorial service if a starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes 
2.4 	immediately following a funeral or memorial service:
2.5 	(1) engage in conduct that is prohibited under section 609.72, within 1,000 feet of 
2.6 	any home of the deceased's immediate family members, or any entrance to a facility being 
2.7 	used for the service; or
2.8 	(2) block access to a facility being used for the service.
2.9 	(d) No person may impede vehicles that are part of a funeral procession if the 
2.10 	person's conduct violates section 609.72.
2.11 	(e) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Any 
2.12 	person who violates paragraph (a) or (b) after having been convicted of a violation of 
2.13 	this section is guilty of a felony.

2.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.15 	and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.